Physisorption
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 adsorption in which the forces involved are intermolecular rather than chemical countable, physical, uncountable
"Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small."
Example
More examples"Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small."
Etymology
Blend of physical + adsorption.
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